42 Neon Bits of ‘80s Trivia That Are All Vying for A Spot in the Brat Pack

We want our MTV, but not as much as we want these facts!
42 Neon Bits of ‘80s Trivia That Are All Vying for A Spot in the Brat Pack

You can just hear those synths and computery drum beats now, can’t you? And hey, since MTV premiered in 1981, you can see them too! 

Yep, watching people in strange attire tap on their strange keyboards with even stranger hairdos was quite riveting. When we got our musical fill, we could dip on over to He-Man, Transformers, Ghostbusters or these Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle things. The Lean Cuisines were hot, and the wars were cold — just the way we like ‘em. 

Here, check it all out now...

Wayne Gretzky

CRACKED WAYNE GRETZKY'S '80S WERE RECORD-BREAKING. Wayne Gretzky dominated the NHL in the 1980s, setting records for most points (2,857) and goals scored (894). HOWE 1850

NHL 

Lean Cuisine

Lean Cuisine GRACKED COM Likewise, Stouffer's launched their line of healthy frozen dinners in 1981, and within two years, Lean Cui- sine was so popular that grocery stores frequently ran out. It's not clear whether this was because a tiny squirt of reconstituted potatoes and a fistful of salt are so unsatisfy- ing that you had to eat five at a time or people actually liked them.

Vox

Turner & Hooch

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM TURNER & HOOCH (1989) A DETECTIVE ADOPTS THE ONLY WITNESS TO A BRUTAL MURDER: THE VICTIM'S SLOBBERING BEAST OF A DOG. WHY IT WORKS: Where would we be without the bizarre, animal team-ups from the '80s? Tom Hanks shows off his skills acting against non-verbal costars, a decade before Cast Away.

The Beastie Boys

42 Neon Bits of ‘80s Trivia That Are All Vying for A Spot in the Brat Pack

John Travolta

John Travolta's passion cost him a major role in the '80s. AAN The studio wanted him to do An Officer. and a Gentleman, but he chose to study aviation

National Lampoon’s Vacation

LAMPRON'S Clark Griswold VACATON dragging a dog to his CRAI death... is fully played for laughs in the '80s' John Hughes classic. Clark can barely con

Avatar

AVATAR WAS FIRST PUBLISHED BY MARVEL. Timespirits is a very obscure comic from the '80s that only ran for a few issues, but it certainly looks enough

Burt Reynolds

During the '80s, the NATIONAL ENQUIRER used to display The world's tallest Christmas tree in Lantana, Florida. Because of a constant battle going on

Frank Zappa

The song Valley Girl perfectly captured' '80s slang. That slang was rnade up on the spot as an insult. The spoken parts of the song were improvised

Leo and Me

Leo and Me was a short-lived '80s Canadian sitcom. And four people involved with the show have been diagnosed with Parkinson's. The most famous former

Scrabble

Scrabble is a pretty tame word game. E SLLM It was banned in Romania in the '80s. President Nicolae Ceausescu banned the letter tile game for being o

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